HAVANA, Cuba, 15 December 2011 — Participants in the Backpack Documentary Workshop at the Advanced Institute of Art pose for a group photo at a dinner reception following our four-day event. The workshop was an extraordinary success, the last stage of which is a visit to American University by the winning team of Cuban students, who will show their short documentary on “Diversity in Cuba.” The workshop was made possible by a grant from the Reynolds Foundation. The grant was procured by Eric Hershberg, director of American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS).
HAVANA, Cuba, 14 December 2011 — Participants work the post-production stage of their projects during my Backpack Documentary Workshop at the Advanced Institute of Art, known by its Spanish acronym, ISA. The four-day workshop has been made possible by a grant from the Reynolds Foundation. The grant application was submitted by Eric Hershberg, director of American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS). The ISA is Cuba’s premier institution for the study the arts, including communication.
(Photos by Bill Gentile.)
Above and below, Esther Gentile assists Workshop participants.
HAVANA, Cuba, 15 December 2011 — Our hosts at Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural center, held a going-away party for American University students, professors and friends at the end of our fall semester in Cuba. This was the first time that AU Abroad held a semester at Casa. And it was the first time that an AU instructor has spent an entire semester with students overseas.
During our stay in Cuba, I taught my “Photojournalism and Social Documentary” course, the foundation upon which I teach the methodology that we refer to as “backpack journalism.”
HAVANA, Cuba, 13 December 2011 — We’re in the second day, Production, of a Backpack Documentary Workshop at the Advanced Institute of Art, known by its Spanish acronym, ISA. The four-day workshop has been made possible by a grant from the Reynolds Foundation. The grant application was submitted by Eric Hershberg, director of American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS). The ISA is Cuba’s premier institution for the study the arts, including communication.
(Photos by Esther Gentile.)
HAVANA, Cuba, 12 December 2011 — We began a Backpack Documentary Workshop this morning at the Advanced Institute of Art, known by its Spanish acronym, ISA. The four-day workshop has been made possible by a grant from the Reynolds Foundation. The grant application was submitted by Eric Hershberg, director of American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS). The ISA is Cuba’s premier institution for the study the arts, including communication.
(Photos by Esther Gentile.)
